David Castellucci, director of business development at Kenneth Castellucci & Associates in Lincoln, RI, has been named 2017 Person of the Year by the Natural Stone Institute.

Kathy Spanier, director of marketing for Coldspring in Cold Spring, MN, is the recipient of the 2018 Women in Stone Pioneer Award.

Jim Hogan, senior vice president of Carrara Marble Company of America, is the recipient of the 2017 Migliore Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Last November at the Natural Stone Institute/Stone World magazine Stone Industry Education Seminar, hosted by M S International in Atlanta, GA, fabricators from around the southeast came together to discuss different problems they face in the shop and solutions for them.

Internazionale Marmi e Macchine Carrara has conceived a new concept for its 2018 event, Carrara², which will consist of White Carrara Downtown and Marmotec_Hub_4.0. The exhibition is scheduled from June 2 to 9.

Michels Corporation has advanced its commitment to sustainable business practices by achieving certification of two red granite quarries to the ANSI/NSC 373 Sustainable Production of Natural Dimension Stone Standard.

Stone Boss, a distributor of stone tooling and equipment headquartered in Fair Lawn, NJ, attracted a group of attendees by holding a raffle during the second day of The International Surface Event (TISE)

n 1984, Augie Chavez entered the countertop industry. He began working part-time for a small solid surface fabrication shop in California, which at the time, only offered three different variations of solid surface.

With a history rooted back to the mid-1800s, the sandstone quarry owned by Russell Stone Products, Inc. in Curwensville, PA, is a valued asset.